> Quick. You are 6 foot 1 inch tall. You have been strapped> to a pole mounted on a railroad car. The railroad car is> of the exact height that your feet are now exactly 1 foot> above the tracks.

> You are approaching a tunnel at roughly 60 MPH.

> Would you rather see a sign that gives the clearance in Meters> or Feet?

> "Warning. 7 foot 2 inch Clearance!!"

> "Warning 2.158 Meter Clearance".

And they accuse Metric enthusiasts of coming up with arbitrary,
ludicrous conversions to support the inherent superiority of Metrics.

Alternative phrasing:

You are 1.8m tall. You are strapped to a pole mounted on a railroad
car so that you stand .3m above the tracks. You are approaching a tunnel
at 100 kph. Would you rather see that the clearance of the tunnel was